Ho Chi Minh City to promptly deploy special mechanisms for faster growth

HCM City (VNA) – Politburo member and Secretary
of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan said the city should
quickly deploy the special mechanisms and policies granted to the city for faster
development.

Speaking at the opening of the municipal Party Committee’s
15th conference on December 1, Nhan said the National Assembly’s
resolution on piloting special mechanisms and policies for HCM City is of
significant meaning to the city.

He noted that the resolution is the result of thorough
preparations over the past 12 years by the municipal Party organisation.

It is time for the city to tap creativity and uphold
solidarity to fuel the city’s development on the back of breakthrough policies,
he said.

Participants focused discussions on inspection work of the
Standing Board of the municipal Party Committee, the five-year implementation
of the action programmes on social policies for the 2012-2020 period, the
Vietnam Marine Strategy 2020 and disciplinary measures against officials with
wrongdoings.

A report at the conference said the city saw an 8.25 percent
increase in gross regional development product (GRDP) compared to 8.05 percent
last year. Its total retail and service revenue is estimated at 920.44 trillion
VND (40.9 billion USD), up 10.89 percent while exports rose by 15.1 percent to
35.2 billion USD and industrial development index went up 8.48 percent.